The Tavistock Institute Tavistock House 30 Tabernacle Street London EC2A 4UE/nFormed in 1947, the Tavistock Institute is an independent not-for-profit organisation which seeks to combine research in the social sciences with professional practice. Problems of institution-building and organisational design and change are being tackled in all sectors - government, industry and commerce, health and welfare, education, etc, nationally and internationally, and clients range from multinationals to small community groups.